Motherhood – The act of nurturing human beings and building healthy, caring human relationships.
With a definition such as that, I would ask, is there anything more important?
In our view, society’s dismal failure to value mothers and mothers’ work is inextricably linked to the fact that every facet of our lives is dominated by “bottom line” thinking and market values. Quite simply, the United States values market work — the production of goods and services and profit-making — much more that it values care work — the nurture of human beings.
We are working to transform the culture so that the values that are dominating our lives — radical individualism, consumerism, relentless work, the quest for material success — yield ample room for care, connectedness, stewardship, and other values necessary for raising healthy, caring, ethical human beings.
In our search for solutions to value and empower mothers, we favor measures that give mothers choices and flexibility. We oppose “one-size-fits-all” solutions. We favor policies that enable mothers to choose different paths based on what they deem best for themselves and their children and families. We favor policies that enable fathers as well as mothers to spend more time with children.
With regard to activities or technologies that raise threats to the health and well-being of children (activities such as advertising and marketing to children and certain new bio-technologies and cyber-technologies), we seek to preserve the dignity and integrity of children.
